8-letter words containing c, l, a, e, s
- scaevola — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA) (or Caius, ) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Mucius [myoo-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈmyu ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA) fl. 6th century b.c., Roman hero.
- scalable — capable of being scaled: the scalable slope of a mountain.
- scale up — increase in size
- scalenus — any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- scalepan — scale2 (def 2).
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scambler — an unwelcome visitor who takes advantage of the hospitality of others, esp during mealtimes; sponger; opportunist
- scarcely — barely; hardly; not quite: The light is so dim we can scarcely see.
- scarless — a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scenical — of or relating to natural scenery.
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- schlager — a type of European popular music focusing on love and feelings
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- sclerema — sclerosis, or hardening, especially of the skin.
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- scrabble — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- scrannel — thin or slight.
- scrapple — cornmeal mush mixed with pork scraps, seasoned with onions, spices, herbs, etc., and shaped into loaves and sliced for frying.
- scrattle — to scratch
- scrawled — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- scrawler — a person who scrawls.
- sea calf — harbor seal.
- sea lace — a brown seaweed, Chorda filum, that grows on stones under sandy bottoms and produces chordlike fronds up to 8.5 metres (28 ft) long
- secalose — a sugar which occurs in green rye and oats
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- seleucia — an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- septical — septic
- shackled — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- shackles — two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping
- shauchle — to distort the shape of (something)
- shellack — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shoelace — a string or lace for fastening a shoe.
- sidalcea — any plant of the mostly perennial N American genus Sidalcea, related to and resembling mallow, esp S. malvaeflora, grown for its spikes of lilac, pink, or red flowers: family Malvaceae
- silicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- slipcase — a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- spacelab — a manned laboratory in space, developed by the European Space Agency, carried aboard an orbiting space shuttle.
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- spiracle — a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- sprackle — to clamber or scramble upwards
- sterical — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- subscale — a scale within a scale
- tackless — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- tactless — lacking tact; showing no tact; undiplomatic; offendingly blunt: a tactless remark.
- telecast — a television broadcast.
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt